[R-SIG-Finance] Rownames on blp() return matrix

[Brian G. Peterson]

anna wrote:
> Hello, I am using the blp() function from RBloomberg package to retrieve a
> matrix of prices. I had to reinstall the package and since I can't retrieve
> the dates with rownames() as I used to before. When I display the matrix on
> the console I can see the row names (dates) on the left but when i do
> rownames() it returns me a NULL value...Any idea? Has some changes been done
> on this package? Thank you
>   
I don't recall, and I'm not at a Bloomberg/R machine right now, but 
isn't the returned time series class zoo or xts?

in that case, you would use 'index', not 'rownames'.

  - Brian

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